EDDY CURRENT TESTING APPARATUS AND EDDY CURRENT TESTING METHOD - The eddy current testing apparatus includes a probe having an eddy current testing sensor including a pair of eddy current testing coils. The apparatus also includes an eddy current testing flaw detector inputting detection signals from the eddy current testing sensor. The diameter of a magnetic core used in each of the pair of eddy current testing coils is within the range of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.

04-08-2010

20100085043

EDDY CURRENT TESTING APPARATUS AND EDDY CURRENT TESTING METHOD - The eddy current testing apparatus includes a probe having an eddy current testing sensor including a pair of eddy current testing coils. The apparatus also includes an eddy current testing flaw detector inputting detection signals from the eddy current testing sensor. The diameter of a magnetic core used in each of the pair of eddy current testing coils is within the range of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.

04-08-2010

Patent applications by Yuuji Adachi, Hitachi JP

Yuuji Ajihara, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

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20120121842

FIRE-RESISTANT PIPING MATERIAL - [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] To provide a piping material for fire-resistant which has an excellent fire protection performance, and good physical properties, coloring availability and is also excellent in recycling ability.

05-17-2012

Yuuji Araki, Shizuoka JP

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20080264395

ENGINE AND VEHICLE - An engine includes a cylinder, an exhaust port, an exhaust valve, a secondary air supply pipe, and an electromagnetic valve. The electromagnetic valve is opened in a predetermined time period after a point in time when a lift amount of the exhaust valve reaches about half a maximum value during a time period in which an opening of the exhaust port is opened. This causes air to be supplied from a secondary air supply pipe to the exhaust port.

10-30-2008

20090165765

SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A secondary air supply system includes a CPU, a ROM, an air supply pipe, and an air amount adjusting valve. One end of the air supply pipe is connected to an air cleaner box and the other end is connected to an exhaust port. Secondary air in the air cleaner box is supplied to the exhaust port through the air supply pipe. An amount of the secondary air to be supplied from the air supply pipe to the exhaust port is adjusted by the air amount adjusting valve. A target air-fuel ratio depending on a state of the engine is stored in the ROM. The CPU controls the air amount adjusting valve based on the state of the engine so that an air-fuel ratio in the exhaust port is the target air-fuel ratio.

07-02-2009

20090171551

SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A secondary air supply system includes a CPU, a first air supply pipe, a second air supply pipe, a first shut-off valve, and a second shut-off valve. First ends of the first air supply pipe and the second air supply pipe are connected to an air cleaner box and the other ends thereof are connected to an exhaust port. The CPU controls opening/closing of the first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve based on a state of an engine. The first shut-off valve and the second shut-off valve are selectively opened by the CPU, so that air in the air cleaner box is supplied to the exhaust port through the first air supply pipe and/or the second air supply pipe.

07-02-2009

Yuuji Arataki, Tokyo JP

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20090103250

INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An input device that inputs information by a slide operation depending on an operation body contains a housing including an operation surface, a detection unit that is provided in the housing and detects a slide position inputted by a slide operation depending on the operation body, and an operation unit that covers at least a portion of the detection unit and is slide-operated along the operation surface of the housing. The operation unit has a convex shape which becomes thicker along the sliding direction from one portion of the operation surface of the housing and also which becomes thinner toward the other portion of the operation surface thereof.

04-23-2009

Yuuji Fujimoto, Wako-Shi JP

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20090258737

CHAIN TENSIONER DEVICE - A chain tensioner device having a first slide surface of a main arm pivotably supported at an upper end thereof, and a second slide surface of a sub-arm pivotably supported at a lower end thereof. The first and second slide surfaces slidably abut against each other. When the main arm is biased toward a timing chain via the sub-arm by a biasing force of a plunger of a tensioner lifter, a stroke of the main arm is increased with respect to a stroke of the plunger.

10-15-2009

20120135832

CHAIN TENSIONER DEVICE - A chain tensioner device having a first slide surface of a main arm pivotably supported at an upper end thereof, and a second slide surface of a sub-arm pivotably supported at a lower end thereof. The first and second slide surfaces slidably abut against each other. When the main arm is biased toward a timing chain via the sub-arm by a biasing force of a plunger of a tensioner lifter, a stroke of the main arm is increased with respect to a stroke of the plunger.

05-31-2012

Yuuji Fukaura, Ningbo CN

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20090211092

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VANE - A method is provided which manufactures a vane used for an oil-sealed rotary vacuum pump and having at least a part formed of a resin material, the method including: an oil impregnating process of immersing the vane into oil used for the oil-sealed rotary vacuum pump under a depressurized condition, the oil impregnating process being carried out before a finishing process of finishing the vane into a final shape.

08-27-2009

Yuuji Hata, Kagoshima JP

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20090045695

Piezoelectric Resonator - A capacitor-built-in type piezoelectric resonator which is thin and small in size, and has high reliability is formed by forming a pair of vibrating electrodes on both principal surfaces of a piezoelectric substrate, and joining a sealing substrate made of a ceramic material to form a capacitance via a frame onto one vibrating electrode, and joining a sealing substrate made of a resin material via a frame onto the other vibrating electrode.

SLIDING MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SLIDING MATERIAL, AND BEARING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A sliding material includes a sliding surface member, a base member made of a material different from the sliding surface member, a bonding material layer disposed between the sliding surface member and the base member so as to bond the sliding surface member and the base member, and a sheet member made of an electromagnetic induction heating material. The sliding material is manufactured by bonding the sliding surface member and the base member by heating and melting the bonding material layer through electromagnetic induction heating of the sheet member.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, the semiconductor device in the embodiment has an assembly substrate, a semiconductor chip, and a jointing layer. The semiconductor chip is joined to the assembly substrate via the jointing layer. An intervening diffusion barrier layer may be interposed between the chip and jointing layer. The jointing layer is an alloy layer mainly made of any metal selected from Sn, Zn and In or an alloy of Sn, Zn and In, and any metal selected from Cu, Ni, Ag, Cr, Zr, Ti and V or an alloy of any metal selected from Cu, Ni, Ag, Cr, Zr, Ti and V and any metal selected from Sn, Zn and In, where the alloy has a higher melting temperature than that of Sn, Zn and In or an alloy of Sn, Zn and/or In.

03-20-2014

20140284797

POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD, POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating a power semiconductor device that comprises a base substrate with a conductive layer on a surface of the base substrate and semiconductor components mounted on the base substrate includes forming a hardened layer on the surface of the conductive layer before mounting a semiconductor component on the base substrate. The forming of the hardened layer may optionally be performed using a peening process, for example, a shot peening process, a laser peening process, or an ultrasonic peening process. The conductive layer may comprise a metal such as, for example, aluminum or copper.

09-25-2014

20150076516

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element and a metal film. The semiconductor element has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The metal film is provided above the second surface of the semiconductor element. The metal film includes Cr.

03-19-2015

20150076699

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, an interconnection layer, and a bonding layer. The interconnection layer includes Cu. The bonding layer includes a first alloy that is an alloy of Cu and a first metal other than Cu between the semiconductor element and the interconnection layer. A melting point of the first alloy is higher than a melting point of the first metal.

03-19-2015

20150078414

METHOD OF TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND APPARATUS OF TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, in a method of testing a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device has a semiconductor element and a substrate which are bonded by bonding material including metal fine particles. Image data of a heat distribution in the semiconductor device are temporally acquired while heating the semiconductor device. A time change of a fractal dimension based on the image data is calculated. An inclination of the time change of the fractal dimension is calculated. The inclination and a reference inclination set in advance are compared. Whether or not the semiconductor device is good is determined.

03-19-2015

Patent applications by Yuuji Hisazato, Tokyo JP

Yuuji Honda, Nagareyama-Shi JP

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20110003088

PLASMA CVD APPARATUS, PLASMA CVD METHOD, AND AGITATING DEVICE - The present invention provides a plasma CVD apparatus and a plasma CVD method capable of efficiently coating the surfaces of fine particles with a thin film or super-fine particles by concentrating a plasma near the fine particles. The plasma CVD apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by including a chamber

Yuuji Hori, Osaka-Shi JP

Yuuji Ide, Yokohama JP

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20090099976

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PORTFOLIO - An optimal portfolio determining method enables high speed determination of objective financial product which optimize availability for institutional buyer or retail investor and purchasing amount on the basis of information relating to earning rate or the like of individual name and information relating to information factors influencing for earning rate, and a system for realizing the method. The method includes input step of inputting constraint parameters forming constraint condition for optimizing objective function consisted of an expected value of the earning rate of each individual financial product, individual floating factor as unique factor of each individual financial product influencing for earning, common floating factor as factor influencing for earning of overall financial products, and risk influencing for earning rate and earning of overall financial product, and solving step of determining financial product to perchance and purchasing amount for maximizing the objective function on the basis of input data.

04-16-2009

Yuuji Ide, Ueda City JP

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20080224645

CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC MOTOR - A control system for a synchronous electric motor controls the synchronous motor so that the phase of a current determined based on a magnetic pole position of a moving element of the motor may shift to a phase where maximum torque may be obtained. A magnetic pole position correcting section determines a magnetic pole position correction to be added to a relative magnetic pole position. In connection with a polarity change determining section which determines whether or not a polarity of an acceleration difference changes, a basic correction adjusting section switches computation between an incremental operation of incrementing a basic correction and a decremental operation of decrementing the basic correction by a correction increment/decrement. When the correction increment/decrement becomes a predetermined lower limit value B or less, the basic correction adjusting section stops the computation. The basic correction at that point is determined as a finally-determined magnetic pole position correction.

09-18-2008

Yuuji Irimoto, Akishima-Shi JP

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20090220128

AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM - An authentication apparatus for authenticating an authentication target of a user's face includes: a display configured to display an image to authentication target; a camera arranged in the vicinity of the display to take an image of the authentication target; an assist unit configured to output a guide image instructing a user a direction in which to turn in accordance with an attribute of the authenticating; and an image synthesis unit configured to synthesize the image taken by the camera and the guide image output from the assist unit to display a synthesized image on the display.

09-03-2009

Yuuji Irimoto, Fussa-Shi JP

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20100157088

AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an authentication method includes performing a verification process includes extracting a face region from an image input from a camera photographing a person, reading first facial characteristic data from the extracted face region, and reading second facial characteristic data associated with personal identification data representing the specific person corresponding to the detected first facial characteristic data, acquiring hand-shape transition pattern data showing transition of a hand shape and associated with the personal identification data associated with the second facial characteristic data, extracting a hand region from the image input from the camera, detecting a transition of a hand shape from the extracted hand region, and determining whether the hand-shape transition pattern data represents the detected transition of the hand shape.

06-24-2010

20120229511

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING OBJECT - An electronic apparatus includes: a pointer configured to allow specifying a first object from a plurality of objects displayed on a display screen; and an overlapping object display module configured to detect a second object overlapping with the first object when the first object is specified by the pointer and display the second object on the display screen in a mode in which the second object is allowed to be specified.

09-13-2012

20130229337

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a display controller; a user presence determination module; a reference elapsed time storage module; an interval time setting module; and a display controller. The display controller causes a display to display various types of information. The user presence determination module determines whether a user is present at a first time interval. The reference elapsed time storage module stores therein a second time for changing an operation mode to a power saving mode based on a time elapsed from when a user operation is ceased to be detected. The interval time setting module sets the first time interval shorter than the second time based on the second time stored in the reference elapsed time storage module. The display controller turns off the display if the user presence determination module determines that the user is absent.

09-05-2013

20130232568

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, electronic device includes: display controller; user presence determination module; user authentication module; and controller. The user presence determination module determines presence of a user based on image data received from the camera while dominating access to a camera. The user authentication module dominates access to the camera, if the display is put in a screen lock state and to perform a user authentication based on the image data. The controller turns off the display if the user present determination module determines that the user is absent and while the display has not been put in the screen lock state, and to cause the user presence determination module to release the access to the camera and to put the display in the screen lock state before turning on the display if it is determined after the display is turned off that the user is present.

09-05-2013

20140071039

Electronic Apparatus and Display Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes at least one sensor, a display processor, and a determiner. The display processor displays a first image corresponding to first content data stored in a first folder on a screen. The determiner determines whether the electronic apparatus moves, using the at least one sensor. If it is determined that the electronic apparatus moves during display of the first image, the display processor displays, on the screen, an second image corresponding to second content data stored in another folder different from the first folder.

03-13-2014

20140071160

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor and a display processor. The processor acquires a plurality of first contents associated with a first period, and a plurality of second contents associated with a second period different from the first period. The display processor displays on a screen a first object representing a set of the plurality of first contents and a second object representing a set of the plurality of second contents on the screen in accordance with the first period and the second period. The first object and the second object are arranged in one direction on the screen in a chronological order.

03-13-2014

20140071312

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a storage device which stores first image files includes location information and time information and a display processor which displays, on a screen, a map image, a plurality of objects on the map image, and lines on the map. Locations of the plurality of objects correspond to location information of the first image files. Shapes of the lines are determined based on location information and time information of the first image files. A line is drawn between a first object corresponding to first time information regarding a first timing of photographing and a second object corresponding to second time information regarding a second timing of photographing next to the first timing of photographing.

03-13-2014

20140348398

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to at least one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a detector, a classifier and a display controller. The detector detects face images in images. The classifier classifies, based on the face images, one or more images corresponding to a first face into a first group and one or more images corresponding to a second face into a second group. The display controller displays on a screen, if a number of images in the first group is greater than or equal to a threshold and a number of images in the second group is less than the threshold, a first representative image of the first group that is distinguishable from a second representative image of the second group.

11-27-2014

20150054981

METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a method includes: storing image data acquired by a camera in an electronic device, first information regarding a date and time at which the image data is acquired, and second information regarding a position at which the image data is acquired; acquiring third information regarding a first position at which the electronic device is present; and displaying, when the electronic device is in a first region comprising the first position, first image data acquired by the camera in the first region based on a photographing interval in the first region.

02-26-2015

20150055891

METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a method has storing, registering and displaying. The storing is storing a plurality of images having at least a first image in storage. The registering is registering first information related to the first image. The displaying is displaying, when the first image corresponds to a second image acquired by a camera, the first information or information related to the first information on a display.

02-26-2015

20150070286

METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a method includes: detecting a first contact point on a display screen; detecting a change in position of the first contact point on the display screen while first content is displayed on the display screen; and displaying, if the change in the position of the first contact point on the display screen is detected, second content related to the first content based on a first standard, and displaying, if changes in positions of at least two second contact points on the display screen are detected while the first content is displayed on the display screen, third content related to the first content based on a second standard.

03-12-2015

Patent applications by Yuuji Irimoto, Fussa-Shi JP

Yuuji Irimoto, Tokyo JP

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20120162262

INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a display module, an acceleration detector, a knocking operation detector, a specifying module, and a processing module. The display module displays information. The acceleration detector detects acceleration generated in the information processor. The knocking operation detector detects that a knocking operation is performed on the information processor based on a detection result of the acceleration detector. The specifying module specifies, among sides of a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the display screen of the display module, a side on which the knocking operation detected by the knocking operation detector is performed. The processing module performs a process associated in advance with the side of the GUI specified by the specifying module.

06-28-2012

20130229399

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a presence determining module configured to determine at an interval whether a user is present based on image data output by a camera; a display power controller configured to turn on a display when the user is present and to turn off the display when the user is not present, based on a result of the presence determining module; and a detection interval controller configured to control the interval such that the interval is shorter when the display is off compared to when the display is on and the user is determined to be present.

09-05-2013

Yuuji Ishida, Bunkyo JP

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20100070467

DATABASE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER PRODUCT - A computer-readable recording medium stores therein a database managing program that causes a computer having access to a database to execute acquiring, for each regular section of the database, a count of unfinished transactions having a given process unfinished; determining, based on the count of unfinished transactions acquired at the acquiring and among the regular sections, sections that are to be reorganized; judging, for each transaction stored in the sections determined to be reorganized at the determining, whether the transaction is an unfinished transaction; and storing to a reserve section of the database, a transaction judged to be an unfinished transaction at the judging and storing to a recording medium different from the database, a transaction judged not to be an unfinished transaction at the judging.

03-18-2010

Yuuji Ishigiro, Saitama JP

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20090299075

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MUSCARINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST AND INTERMEDIATE THEREFOR - The industrial production of 4-(2-methyl-1-imidazolyl)-2,2-diphenylbutanamide, a urinary incontinence remedy, necessitates elimination of problems concerning the use of a synthetic adsorbent, e.g., HP-20, the efficiency of operation with the same, purification efficiency, etc. An acid salt, e.g., hydrochloride or phosphate, of 4-(2-methyl-1-imidazolyl)-2,2-diphenylbutanamide or a hydrate of any of these salts is used as an intermediate. This intermediate is neutralized and then purified. Thus, high-purity 4-(2-methyl-1-imidazolyl)-2,2-diphenylbutanamide is easily obtained in satisfactory yield. The industrial-scale production process has been thus established.

12-03-2009

Yuuji Ishihara, Shizuoka JP

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20110292671

VEHICULAR LAMP - In a vehicular lamp, a first zone includes a first incident portion disposed on a radiation axis. A first light guide portion guides light incident from the first incident portion forward. A first radiation portion formed from a first concave surface and a second concave surface deflects the light from the first light guide portion toward a lamp optical axis side and radiates such light forward in a diffused manner. A second zone includes a cylindrical second incident portion disposed on an outer side of the first incident portion. A second light guide portion that is longer in the direction of the radiation axis than the first light guide portion guides light incident from the second incident portion forward. A cylindrical second radiation portion radiates the light from the second light guide portion forward.

12-01-2011

Yuuji Ito, Kariya-City JP

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20090032231

Stacked plate heat exchanger - The stacked plate oil cooler has a first plate and a second plate. Both the first plate and the second plate are made of a three-layered aluminum alloy clad sheet. The second plate is folded at an outer rim to place the brazing material layer on both sides of the second plate. The first and second plates and are stacked alternately and brazed to define a water passage between sacrificial layers and, and to define an oil passage between brazing material layers. The first plate is folded at an outer rim to place the sacrificial layer on a lateral outside of a core assembly to decrease exposure of the brazing material layer to the lateral outside.

02-05-2009

Yuuji Ito, Ota-Ku JP

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20090274446

STREAM DATA GENERATION METHOD AND PARTIAL ERASE PROCESSING METHOD - Stream data has a recording data structure formed in units of stream blocks (or stream object units SOBU) which are segmented to have a predetermined data size. Data are recorded (or encoded) and partially erased (or temporarily erased) in units of the stream blocks (SOBUs).

11-05-2009

Patent applications by Yuuji Ito, Ota-Ku JP

Yuuji Iwasaki, Ome-Shi JP

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20100097768

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board contained in the housing, an integrated-circuit component mounted on the circuit board, a member for heat radiation opposed to the integrated-circuit component and thermally connected to the integrated-circuit component, a sheet metal member which fixes the member for heat radiation, and an electronic component mounted on the circuit board. The sheet metal member includes a main part opposed to the member for heat radiation, and a plurality of leg parts fixed to the circuit board. One leg part of the plurality of leg parts extends from the main part over the electronic component, and is fixed to the circuit board at a position which is farther from the integrated-circuit component than the electronic component is.

04-22-2010

20100302735

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board contained in the housing, an integrated-circuit component mounted on the circuit board, a member for heat radiation opposed to the integrated-circuit component and thermally connected to the integrated-circuit component, a sheet metal member which fixes the member for heat radiation, and an electronic component mounted on the circuit board. The sheet metal member includes a main part opposed to the member for heat radiation, and a plurality of leg parts fixed to the circuit board. One leg part of the plurality of leg parts extends from the main part over the electronic component, and is fixed to the circuit board at a position which is farther from the integrated-circuit component than the electronic component is.

12-02-2010

20110199734

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a heat sink, and a fixing portion. The circuit board includes a heating component. The heat sink has a plate shape and faces the heating component. The fixing portion is attached to the heat sink and fixed to the circuit board at least at two points.

08-18-2011

Yuuji Kasanuki, Isehara-Shi JP

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20100090584

IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a rear plate provided with an electron emitting element, a face plate provided with a transparent substrate, a transparent anode electrode formed on the transparent substrate, and a fluorescent layer provided on the anode electrode and including fluorescent particles. An average particle size of the fluorescent particles is equal to or less than 500 nm. The face plate has a light extraction means for extracting light emitted when the fluorescent layer is irradiated by electrons emitted from the electron emitting element to the substrate side.

04-15-2010

Yuuji Kibuse, Tokyo JP

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20090083346

CANCELLATION OF INDIVIDUAL LOGICAL VOLUMES IN PREMIGRATION CHAINS - Provided are techniques for cancellation of premigration of a member in a chain. A set of premigration messages are received, wherein a separate premigration message is received for each logical volume in a chain of logical volumes. While processing the premigration messages in order of receipt of each of the premigration messages, a cancel message indicating that premigration of a logical volume in the chain is to be cancelled is received. In response to determining that the logical volume whose premigration is to be cancelled has not already been transferred to physical storage media, premigration of the logical volume is cancelled by removing a premigration message for that logical volume from the set of premigration messages and premigration of each other logical volume in the chain of logical volumes is continued in order of receipt.

03-26-2009

20090083501

CANCELLATION OF INDIVIDUAL LOGICAL VOLUMES IN PREMIGRATION CHAINS - Provided are techniques for cancellation of premigration of a member in a chain. A set of premigration messages are received, wherein a separate premigration message is received for each logical volume in a chain of logical volumes. While processing the premigration messages in order of receipt of each of the premigration messages, a cancel message indicating that premigration of a logical volume in the chain is to be cancelled is received. In response to determining that the logical volume whose premigration is to be cancelled has not already been transferred to physical storage media, premigration of the logical volume is cancelled by removing a premigration message for that logical volume from the set of premigration messages and premigration of each other logical volume in the chain of logical volumes is continued in order of receipt.

High-Strength Bolt - Provided is a high-strength bolt which has a tensile strength of 1,200 MPa or more while exhibiting excellent ductility and delayed facture resistance, and further has an excellent impact toughness which had not been obtained in the conventional high-strength bolt. The high-strength bolt has a tensile strength of 1.2 GPa or more and includes a threaded portion and cylindrical neck portion. The bolt has K of 0.8 or more and satisfies Ho

09-13-2012

Yuuji Kitamura, Mizuho-Shi JP

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20080217654

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same - A semiconductor device includes an element isolation film having an inclined portion and a flat portion, a protective film formed not on the inclined portion but on the flat portion of the element isolation film, and an outer base layer formed to extend from on a surface of an active region surrounded by the element isolation film to on the protective film.

09-11-2008

Yuuji Kojima, Shizuoka JP

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20110162885

WIRE HARNESS INSTALLATION STRUCTURE AND WIRE HARNESS-FLATTENING BAND - The object is to provide a wire harness installation structure which can enhance an operation efficiency when installing a wire harness and can also achieve a space-saving design of an installation region. In the wire harness installation structure in which a wire harness

07-07-2011

Yuuji Kojima, Gifu JP

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20100196603

INKJET MEDIUM, INK AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet medium having a support mainly containing a cellulose pulp, and a coat layer containing a pigment and an adhesive, the coat layer formed on at least one surface of the support, wherein the pigment in the coat layer as an outermost layer contains at least light calcium carbonate, kaolin and gel type silica, and has an average oil absorption of 70 ml/100 g to 120 ml/100 g.

08-05-2010

Yuuji Koogo, Yokohama JP

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20100325295

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - In a general connection service using the PPPoE protocol, since user determination cannot be performed before a PPP authentication phase, even when a connection request is received from an invalid user, an access server and an authentication server operate under loaded conditions. Accordingly, an invalid user list is held in the access server, and user information is added to a PADI packet. In this arrangement, an invalid user can be determined at early stages and the packet can be deleted, thereby the load can be reduced. Further, regarding the invalid user, pseudo-connection completion is made and an occurrence of retry is prevented, thereby the load can be reduced.

12-23-2010

Yuuji Kumagai, Osaka JP

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20090311007

Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus including: a first and a second photoconductor groups constituted of one or more photoconductors respectively; a first and a second drive control sections for controlling the drive of the first and the second photoconductor groups respectively to rotate the photoconductors thereof, wherein the rotational phases of the first photoconductor group and the second photoconductor group are adjusted to be matched therebetween; and the first and the second drive control sections control so that predetermined profile of a target speed is applied to the first and second photoconductor groups wherein, in the target-speed profile, the first photoconductor group starts rotating after a elapse of a predetermined startup delay time from the second photoconductor group starts rotating, and both groups end at a same final speed predetermined for full-color image formation, wherein the startup delay time is predetermined based on measurements of times needed for each of the first and the second photoconductor groups to reach a predetermined speed from starting the rotation with the target-speed profile being applied thereto.

12-17-2009

Yuuji Maeda, Tokyo JP

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20090109070

ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An encoding method for dividing a bit string of an input signal at a position of x bits from a least significant bit into a high-order bit string and a low-order bit string, performing variable-length-encoding of the high-order bit string, and performing fixed-length-encoding of the low-order bit string includes deriving a reference integer I close to 2

04-30-2009

20100067712

Echo Cancelling Device, Signal Processing Device and Method Thereof, and Program - An echo cancelling device includes a filter-coefficient polarity inverter configured to invert the polarity of a filter coefficient at intervals of a predetermined frame length, an adaptive filter configured to estimate a signal to be inputted from an unknown system by multiplying a signal to be outputted from a speaker by the filter coefficient, and generate the resultant estimated signal, a subtracter configured to calculate an error signal from an input signal from a microphone and the estimated signal, and an error-signal polarity inverter configured to invert the polarity of the error signal in synchronization with the inversion of the polarity of the filter coefficient at intervals of the predetermined frame length. The adaptive filter updates the filter coefficient on the basis of the error signal by using binary fixed-point arithmetic, and therein, performing a truncation operation.

03-18-2010

20110015933

SIGNAL ENCODING APPARATUS, SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIGNAL ENCODING PROCESS METHOD, SIGNAL DECODING PROCESS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a signal encoding apparatus including: an encoding unit which encodes a quantization value of a frequency spectrum in an input signal through a plurality of encoding algorithms; an amplitude change amount calculation unit which calculates an amplitude change amount with respect to the frequency spectrum based on a spectrum envelope of the frequency spectrum; and an encoding selection unit which selects the encoding algorithm according to a degree of deflection of an occurrence probability distribution of the quantization value in the amplitude change amount among the plurality of the encoding algorithms.

01-20-2011

20110084858

ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An encoding apparatus includes a unit that calculates a plurality of normalized values by dividing input values in an input signal by either a normalization coefficient that is closest to a maximum value of absolute values of the input values or a normalization coefficient that is closest to the maximum value from among normalization coefficients that are larger than the maximum value; a unit that generates a plurality of quantized values by quantizing the plurality of normalized values; a unit that stores a code table in which the smaller the probability of occurrence of the plurality of quantized values, the longer the code length of a variable-length code allocated to the plurality of quantized values; and a unit that outputs, when the plurality of quantized values are all zero, a variable-length code allocated to a combination of a plurality of quantized values in accordance with the code table.

04-14-2011

20120007753

Encoding Apparatus, Encoding Method, Decoding Apparatus, Decoding Method, and Program - Provided is an encoding apparatus including: a determination unit which determines bit allocation at the time of quantizing a data signal based on normalization information of the data signal so that a data length as a result of fixed length encoding of the quantized data signal becomes close to a second data length which is equal to or larger than a first data length allocated to a result of variable length encoding of the quantized data signal; a quantizer which quantizes the data signal based on the bit allocation; and an encoder which performs variable length encoding on the quantized data signal, wherein the determination unit updates the second data length so that a difference between a data length of the variable-length-encoded data signal and the first data length is within a predetermined range.

01-12-2012

20120026861

DECODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A decoding device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first frequency signal including a narrowband signal and a wideband signal, a direct inverse orthogonal transform unit configured to perform a direct matrix operation with respect to the narrowband signal of the first frequency signal so as to perform inverse orthogonal transform, and a high-speed inverse orthogonal transform unit configured to perform inverse orthogonal transform employing a high-speed operation method with respect to the wideband signal of the first frequency signal.

02-02-2012

20120137191

DECODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A decoding device including a decoding unit which decodes encoded data, an inverse orthogonal transformation unit which performs inverse orthogonal transformation for the encoded data and obtains a time series waveform element in a unit of blocks, a correlation calculation unit which obtains a correlation between a time series waveform element of a block arranged immediately before an error block which is a block in which an error has occurred during decoding by the decoding unit and a time series waveform element of a block arranged a predetermined number of blocks before the block, a cycle calculation unit which obtains a basic cycle of a block unit of the error block based on the correlation obtained by the correlation calculation unit, and a generation unit which generates a substitute signal of the time series waveform element of the error block.

05-31-2012

20120143614

ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An encoding apparatus includes a time-frequency transform unit that performs a time-frequency transform on an audio signal, a normalization unit that normalizes a frequency spectral coefficient obtained by the time-frequency transform in order to generate encoded data of the audio signal, a level calculation unit that calculates a level of the audio signal, a scale factor changing unit that changes a concealment scale factor included in encoded concealment data obtained by performing, on the basis of the level of the audio signal, a time-frequency transform and normalization on a minute noise signal, the concealment scale factor being a scale factor relating to a coefficient used for the normalization, and an output unit that outputs the encoded data of the audio signal generated by the normalization unit or outputs, as encoded data of the audio signal, the encoded concealment data whose concealment scale factor has been changed.

06-07-2012

20130003980

AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO ENCODING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an audio encoder comprising a determination part determining, based on frequency spectra of audio signals of a plurality of channels, a mixing ratio as a ratio, relative to a frequency spectrum after mixing for each channel of the plurality of channels, of the frequency spectrum for another channel, a mixing part mixing the frequency spectra of the plurality of channels for each channel based on the mixing ratio determined by the determination part, and an encoding part encoding the frequency spectra of the plurality of channels after mixing by the mixing part.

01-03-2013

20130006618

SPEECH PROCESSING APPARATUS, SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a speech processing apparatus, a speech processing method and a program which, when multichannel audio signals are downmixed and coded, prevent delay and an increase in the computation amount upon decoding of the audio signals. An inverse multiplexing unit (

AUDIO CODING DEVICE AND AUDIO CODING METHOD, AUDIO DECODING DEVICE AND AUDIO DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an audio coding device including a first windowing part that multiplies an audio signal by a first window function, a second windowing part that multiplies the audio signal by a second window function having a characteristic different from a characteristic of the first window function, a window selecting part that selects the first window function or the second window function as an optimum window function based on the audio signal multiplied by the first windowing part and the audio signal multiplied by the second windowing part, a coding part that codes a frequency spectrum of the audio signal multiplied by the optimum window function, and a transmitting part that transmits the frequency spectrum coded by the coding part and window function information representing the optimum window function.

04-18-2013

20140334540

ENCODER AND ENCODING METHOD, DECODER AND DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an encoder and an encoding method, a decoder and a decoding method, and a program by which encoding efficiency is able to be improved by constraining an appearance probability of a predetermined quantization value of an encoding target to 0 when encoding with a combination of Huffman encoding and multidimensional encoding is performed.

Yuuji Matsumoto, Chiryu-City JP

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20080284615

Information provision apparatus - An information provision apparatus of the present invention includes a stop detector to detect a stop of a vehicle; a display unit to display various information; and a control unit to control the display unit to display a plurality of display contents in a manner that two successive contents of information differ with each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop. When the vehicle is caught in a traffic congestion to stop temporarily, the driver of the vehicle is entertained by plural contents of the information appearing on the display unit for his/her diversion.

11-20-2008

Yuuji Matsuura, Saitama-Shi JP

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20100118151

AUTOFOCUS SYSTEM - An autofocus unit, a face authentication information acquiring unit and a face authentication unit are provided. The autofocus unit performs focus adjustment so that a subject within a certain AF area is in focus in an image taken. The face authentication information acquiring unit acquires information required to face-authenticate the subject, from an external memory being separate from the autofocus system and storing information required to face-authenticate plural subjects which are targets to be focused on during taking. The face authentication unit face-authenticates the subject in the taken image to determine as to whether the subject in the taken image is the same person as any of the subjects being targets to be focused on during the taking. If the face authentication unit determines that the subject in the taken image is the same person, the autofocus unit performs the focus adjustment for the subject in the taken image.

05-13-2010

20100123790

AUTOFOCUS SYSTEM - An imaging device, an autofocus unit, a focusing-target registration unit, focusing-target specification unit and an authentication unit are provided. The autofocus unit performs focus adjustment of an optical system so that a subject within a certain AF area is in focus. The focusing-target registration unit registers, as information for specifying subjects to be set to a focusing target, character information and image information of the subjects. The focusing-target specification unit specifies a subject, which is a focusing target during taking, from among the registered subjects to be set to the focusing target. The authentication unit determines as to whether or not the subject being taken matches with the specified subject, which is the focusing target. If the authentication unit determines that the subject being taken matches with the specified subject, which is the focusing target, the autofocus unit performs the focus adjustment for the subject being taken.

05-20-2010

Yuuji Matsuura, Fukuoka JP

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20080218402

Target detector and target detection method - A target detector for accurately detecting frequency components of the stationary target, detecting a moving target from the remaining frequency components and suppressing erroneous detection of the moving target. The detector comprises: a transmitting and receiving section for transmitting a transmission wave and receiving a reflected wave from the target, the transmission wave having a frequency rising section where the frequency increases and a frequency falling section where the frequency decreases; a mixer for mixing the transmission wave and the reflected wave to generate beat signals; a frequency calculating section for calculating frequency components of the beat signals in the frequency rising section and the frequency falling section; and a stationary target frequency detecting section for, when a level of the frequency components in one of the frequency rising section and the frequency falling section exceeds a higher threshold and a level of the same frequency components in the other section exceeds a lower threshold as well as a level difference between both the frequency components is within a predetermined range, detecting these frequency components as those of the stationary target.

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a printed circuit board in which space between pads used for surface mounting can be narrowed and an FPC can be mounted along with electronic components by the reflow method even when the FPC is mounted and a method of producing the same. A printed circuit board is configured such that a solder resist

Optical module locking mechanism and method of locking and releasing a locking state of an optical module - An optical module locking mechanism for engaging and locking together a case, that makes up an optical module and that incorporates elements for performing optical communication, and a cage that accommodates the case includes: a locking member provided in a manner that allows pivoting in the case and that includes a detaining projection that can engage with and be detained by a detaining hole formed in the cage; a lever provided in the case in a manner that allows sliding parallel to the direction of extraction of the case from the cage; and an biasing member provided in the case for biasing the lever toward a prescribed position. The optical module locking mechanism is configured such that: in a state in which the case is accommodated in the cage and in which the lever is in a prescribed position, the detaining projection of the locking member is detained in the detaining hole; and the lever, in the course of sliding from the prescribed position along the direction of extraction of the case against the biasing force of the biasing member comes into contact with the locking member and thus causes the locking member to pivot inside the case, whereby the detention of the detaining projection in the detaining hole is released.

04-22-2010

20120237177

LOCKING MECHANISM OF OPTICAL MODULE - A locking mechanism of an optical module, which is mounted on a communication apparatus, to lock the optical module includes a locking member which includes a locking pawl fitted into a locking ditch formed on the communication apparatus, and a rocking pin that is attached at a position between the guide part and the locking pawl; a locking lever which includes a lock releasing pawl that fits the guide part, and a finger stopping part that has a ring shape; and a handle which includes, a grip part that has a shape of a ring, wherein the handle is fixed on a base which is a main part of the optical module; and wherein the grip part has the ring shape which is larger adequately in size than the finger stopping part, and protects the finger stopping part,

09-20-2012

Patent applications by Yuuji Minota, Tokyo JP

Yuuji Miyanoo, Seto-Shi JP

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20090188307

Abnormality determination apparatus for intake amount control mechanism - An abnormality determination apparatus for an intake amount control mechanism according to the invention includes a control portion which sets an allowable range of an opening amount of a throttle valve which provided in an intake passageway of an internal combustion engine based at least on an index value of an engine operation state, including an operation amount of accelerator, and on a lift working angle of an intake valve, and which determines that an abnormality is present in a state of driving of the throttle valve if an actual opening amount of the throttle valve is outside the allowable range set.

07-30-2009

Yuuji Miyazaki, Ishikawa JP

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20100245185

ANTENNA DEVICE, CONVERSION ADAPTOR, AND RECEIVER - An antenna device includes a round plug having a rotation mechanism section on one end thereof, where round plug is removably attached to a round jack arranged in an electronic apparatus; and a rod antenna element. In the antenna device, the rod antenna element is connected to the rotation mechanism section of the round plug and rotatable in a predetermined direction.

09-30-2010

Yuuji Mizuho, Yokohama JP

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20090176337

NEGATIVE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARRAY SUBSTRATE USING THE SAME - A negative photoresist composition and a method of manufacturing an array substrate. The negative photoresist composition includes a photocurable composition including an ethylene unsaturated compound containing an ethylene unsaturated bond and a photopolymerization initiator, a thermosetting composition including an alkali-soluble resin crosslinked by heat and an organic solvent. The negative photoresist composition improves stability, photosensitivity, detachability after performing a developing operation and reduces residue to improve the reliability of an organic insulation layer. Furthermore, the negative photoresist composition improves the transmittance of an organic insulation layer and reduces the variation of color coordinates to improve the display quality of a display apparatus.

OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an oxide semiconductor capable of achieving a thin film transistor with excellent electric property, a thin film transistor having a channel layer formed of the oxide semiconductor, and a display device equipped with the thin film transistor. The oxide semiconductor of the present invention is an oxide semiconductor for a thin film transistor, and includes Al, In, Zn, and O as constituent atoms.

OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an oxide semiconductor that realizes a TFT excellent in electric properties and process resistance, a TFT comprising a channel layer formed of the oxide semiconductor, and a display device equipped with the TFT. The oxide semiconductor of the present invention is an oxide semiconductor for a thin film transistor, wherein the oxide semiconductor contains Ga (gallium), In (indium), Zn (zinc), and O (oxygen) as constituent atoms, and the oxide semiconductor has Zn atomic composition satisfying the equation of 0.01≦Zn/(In+Zn)≦0.22.

Yuuji Nagano, Chiryu-City JP

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20090271804

CONTROL UNIT AND PROGRAM FOR SAME - The first memory of a control unit has a control program stored therein, and an update of the control program is performed at a predetermined timing. After the update of the control program, the second memory in the control unit is referred to, and an event code stored in the second memory is extracted if the event code does not correspond to any one of event code group respectively associated with events that can possibly be generated by the updated control program. Due to the decreased necessity for use as reference data, the extracted event code may be considered as un-necessary and may be deleted, for example, from the memory.

Yuuji Nakagawa, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

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20120082706

MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DRUG DELIVERY - A medical device for safe and sure delivery of drugs to the lesion and a method for production thereof. The medical device has at least part of its surface in contact with the lumen wall tissue of the living body coated with a drug releasing layer containing a drug and a phospholipid, the drug and the phospholipid forming a solid dispersion.

04-05-2012

Yuuji Nakamura, Fukaya-Shi JP

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20110079815

ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an organic EL device includes an insulating substrate, a pixel electrode disposed above the insulating substrate, an organic layer disposed on the pixel electrode, a counter-electrode disposed on the organic layer, at least one of a first recess portion in which the organic layer and the counter-electrode are missing on the pixel electrode, and a second recess portion in which the counter-electrode is missing on the organic layer, and a protection film covering the counter-electrode and the at least one of the first recess portion and the second recess portion.

Yuuji Nakazu, Kariya-City JP

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20090060709

IMPELLER, FUEL PUMP HAVING THE IMPELLER, AND FUEL SUPPLY UNIT HAVING THE FUEL PUMP - A fuel pump has substantially coaxial outer and inner pump chambers. An impeller has partition walls correspondingly to the inner pump chamber to define inner vane grooves. A rear surface is located at a rear side in a rotative direction of each inner vane groove. At least a radially inner side of the rear surface inclines rearward in the rotative direction from the radially inner side to a radially outer side. A first line connects a radially inner end of the rear surface with a radially outer end of the rear surface. A second line radially extends from the radially inner end of the rear surface. The first line and the second line therebetween define a backward tilt angle α

03-05-2009

Yuuji Nishimura, Kumamoto JP

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20120211879

MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes exposing a wiring layer which is formed of an alloy including two or more types of metals having different standard electrode potentials, on one surface side of a semiconductor substrate and performing a plasma process of allowing plasma generated by a mixture gas of a gas including nitrogen and an inert gas or plasma generated by a gas including nitrogen to irradiate a range which includes an exposed surface of the wiring layer.

08-23-2012

20140329353

MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes exposing a wiring layer which is formed of an alloy including two or more types of metals having different standard electrode potentials, on one surface side of a semiconductor substrate and performing a plasma process of allowing plasma generated by a mixture gas of a gas including nitrogen and an inert gas or plasma generated by a gas including nitrogen to irradiate a range which includes an exposed surface of the wiring layer.

11-06-2014

Yuuji Nomura, Fukuoka JP

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20120069909

ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, ENCODER, AND DECODER - An encoding method includes encoding moving image; determining whether an information amount of the encoded moving image data in units of a picture satisfies a threshold to control a virtual buffer obtained by virtually modeling a reception buffer of a decoding device that is a transmission destination of the encoded moving image data; and setting, by dividing a picture included in the encoded moving image data, a decoding time for each divided picture to cause the decoding device to decode each divided picture when the determining determines the information amount of the encoded moving image does not satisfy the threshold to control the virtual buffer.

03-22-2012

Yuuji Oiwake, Gunma JP

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20110211977

Oil Separator Built-In Compressor - Provided is an oil separator built-in compressor, which prevents a drop in the separating ability of an oil separator while reducing a pressure loss in a communication hole formed between a discharge chamber and an oil separation chamber and which also considers the working feasibility of a casing. The oil separator built-in compressor comprises: a separation chamber arranged adjacent to the discharge chamber and formed entirely thereof into a space in order to separate an oil-containing gas being introduced, centrifugally into gas and oil so that the separated oil flows downward whereas the separated gas is released upward; and the communication hole formed between the discharge chamber and the separation chamber in order to introduce the oil-containing gas from the discharge chamber into the separation chamber. The oil separator built-in compressor is characterized in that the oil separator is formed of the joint structure of two members for constituting the compressor, and in that a portion of the inner wall face of the communication hole is formed at a position farther from the joining face of the joint structure than the inner wall face of the separation chamber.

09-01-2011

Yuuji Okamoto, Shizuoka-Ken JP

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20090324155

Tapered roller bearing - A tapered roller bearing comprises an inner ring having a conical surface-like raceway surface in it outer periphery and formed with a cone back face rib and a cone front face rib on the opposite sides of the raceway, an outer ring having a conical surface-like raceway in its inner periphery, a plurality of tapered rollers interposed between the raceways of the inner and outer rings, and a cage for holding the tapered rollers in predetermined circumferential intervals, wherein the ratio R/R

12-31-2009

Yuuji Onimura, Fujinomiya-Shi JP

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20110237958

OPTICAL COHERENT CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH APPARATUS - An optical coherent cross-sectional image forming apparatus in which light outputted from a light source is divided into a measurement light and a reference light inside the apparatus and in which a cross-sectional image is formed based on a coherent light, produced from a reflected light obtained by emitting the measurement light to a biological tissue through a probe inserted into a body lumen, and the reference light, wherein the apparatus includes a detector for detecting that a transmitting and receiving unit entered inside a guiding catheter for guiding the probe by using data during the axial-direction movement and a controller for stopping at least a portion of a process associated with from generation to holding of the cross-sectional image based on the optical coherence in a case in which it is detected by the detector that the transmitting and receiving unit entered inside the guiding catheter.

09-29-2011

20110245683

OPTICAL IMAGING DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND THE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An optical imaging diagnostic apparatus includes a calculation unit for respectively calculating signal-intensity change in the circumferential direction of the circumference of the transmitting and receiving unit and signal-intensity change in the radial direction of a body lumen respectively with respect to a plurality of line data used for generation of a cross-sectional image displayed; a specifying unit for judging, based on the calculated result in the calculation unit, whether or not there exists scatter which scatters the light transmitted from the transmitting and receiving unit in an blood flow area of the body lumen and for specifying the position on the displayed cross-sectional image of the scatter in case of being judged that there exists the scatter; and a display unit for displaying a marker indicating that the scatter exists at the specified position on the displayed cross-sectional image.

10-06-2011

20110245684

OPTICAL IMAGING DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND THE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An optical imaging diagnostic apparatus including: a designating unit for designating a predetermined circumferential-direction position at the circumference of the transmitting and receiving unit on the cross-sectional image displayed; an extraction unit for extracting, within the plurality of line data used for the generation of the cross-sectional image, line data corresponding to circumferential-direction position designated in the designating unit from the storage unit; a calculation unit for calculating attenuation rate in a predetermined region in a radial direction of a body lumen with respect to the extracted line data; and a display unit for displaying the calculated attenuation rate.

10-06-2011

Yuuji Onimura, Hadano-Shi JP

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20090073455

Image Diagnostic Apparatus and Method - An image diagnostic apparatus includes a probe capable of light transmission and reception, wherein a reflection light in a coelom is obtained from the probe by scanning the probe rotatingly in the coelom, and a tomographic image in the coelom is formed and outputted based on the obtained reflection light. A light-shield is provided to shield the light transmitted to the probe, a connection detector detects whether or not the probe is connected, and a controller controls the light-shield based on a detected result by the connection detector.

03-19-2009

Yuuji Onimura, Kanagawa JP

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20120063570

IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an imaging apparatus radial-operating a transmitting and receiving unit and generating cross-sectional images inside the body cavity by a plurality of images, which includes: an X-ray image memory holding a plurality of X-ray images obtained by X-ray imaging the transmitting and receiving unit inside the body cavity by a predetermined imaging cycle, an image processing unit generating a cross-sectional moving image by setting the rotation cycle of the transmitting and receiving unit to be frame rate, and an image processing unit reading out an X-ray image, obtained from X-ray imaging just previously at every timing for every rotation cycle of the transmitting and receiving unit, from the X-ray image memory and generating an X-ray moving image by the frame rate.

03-15-2012

Yuuji Onimura, Tokyo JP

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20090143686

OPTICAL COHERENT TOMOGRAPHY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An optical coherent tomography diagnostic apparatus including: a light source; a splitter for splitting the light outputted from the light source into a measuring light and a reference light; a measuring light path; a reference light path; a probe inserted into a body cavity and emitting the measuring light to a subject of measurement; an image forming unit for calculating intensity distribution of the reflection light and for forming a tomographic image; a standard light path for transmitting standard light obtained by further splitting the light; wherein the light path length when exerting interference between the standard light and the reference light is approximately equal to the light path length when exerting interference between the reference light and the reflection light, and there is included a calculation unit for calculating time change of coherent light data obtained by exerting interference between the standard light and the reference light.

Yuuji Otsuka, Hitachi JP

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20100157060

Image-Processing Camera System and Image-Processing Camera Control Method - An image pickup device that acquires images is controlled by an image pickup device controller that accepts image acquisition requests from multiple application programs, and an application scheduler selects application programs to be executed. Information indicative of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates required for each of the multiple application programs is stored and used to select multiple concurrently executable application programs on the basis of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates. An image acquisition scheduler determines the timing and intervals at which the multiple executable application programs repeat receiving image data from the image pickup device, without overlapping in terms of time. In addition, an operations section, which explicitly presents concurrently executable application programs to a user and commands the startup of these programs, is displayed on a navigation screen menu.

06-24-2010

20110273565

Image-Processing Camera System and Image-Processing Camera Control Method - An image pickup device that acquires images is controlled by an image pickup device controller that accepts image acquisition requests from multiple application programs, and an application scheduler selects application programs to be executed. Information indicative of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates required for each of the multiple application programs is stored and used to select multiple concurrently executable application programs on the basis of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates. An image acquisition scheduler determines the timing and intervals at which the multiple executable application programs repeat receiving image data from the image pickup device, without overlapping in terms of time. In addition, an operations section, which explicitly presents concurrently executable application programs to a user and commands the startup of these programs, is displayed on a navigation screen menu.

11-10-2011

20120133767

Image-Processing Camera System and Image-Processing Camera Control Method - An image pickup device that acquires images is controlled by an image pickup device controller that accepts image acquisition requests from multiple application programs, and an application scheduler selects application programs to be executed. Information indicative of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates required for each of the multiple application programs is stored and used to select multiple concurrently executable application programs on the basis of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates. An image acquisition scheduler determines the timing and intervals at which the multiple executable application programs repeat receiving image data from the image pickup device, without overlapping in terms of time. In addition, an operations section, which explicitly presents concurrently executable application programs to a user and commands the startup of these programs, is displayed on a navigation screen menu.

05-31-2012

20140078305

Image-Processing Camera System and Image-Processing Camera Control Method - An image pickup device that acquires images is controlled by an image pickup device controller that accepts image acquisition requests from multiple application programs, and an application scheduler selects application programs to be executed. Information indicative of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates required for each of the multiple application programs is stored and used to select multiple concurrently executable application programs on the basis of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates. An image acquisition scheduler determines the timing and intervals at which the multiple executable application programs repeat receiving image data from the image pickup device, without overlapping in terms of time. In addition, an operations section, which explicitly presents concurrently executable application programs to a user and commands the startup of these programs, is displayed on a navigation screen menu.

03-20-2014

Patent applications by Yuuji Otsuka, Hitachi JP

Yuuji Ryousho, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

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20110220851

DISPERSION OF CARBON NANOTUBES AND NANOPLATELETS IN POLYOLEFINS - A method of dispersing nanotubes and/or nanoplatelets in a polyolefin is provided, involving A) preparing a solution comprising nanotubes or nanoplatelets or both; B) stirring the resulting solution from step (A); C) dissolving at least one polymeric material in the stirred solution from step (B) and isolating precipitates from the solution; and D) melt-blending the precipitates with at least one polyolefin, along with the nanocomposites prepared thereby, and articles formed from the nanocomposites.

09-15-2011

Yuuji Saitou, Fujinomiya-Shi JP

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20090312132

HYDRAULIC CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic control apparatus for an automatic transmission, including a sequential shift control means for performing sequential shift control in a case where it is necessary to execute the second shift during execution of the first shift. The sequential shift control includes starting reduction of hydraulic fluid pressure in the third friction element when a parameter that varies in accordance with a degree of progress of the first shift has reached a predetermined value, and performing piston stroke control that includes outputting a high hydraulic pressure command as a hydraulic fluid pressure to the second friction element when the selector valve is switched from the second position to the first position, and subsequent to completion of outputting of the high hydraulic pressure command, outputting a low hydraulic pressure command that is lower than the high hydraulic pressure command.

12-17-2009

Yuuji Sakamoto, Mie JP

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20110123695

CRYSTAL GROWTH INHIBITOR FOR FATS AND OILS - An inhibitor for crystal growth of fats and oils, containing a polyglycerol fatty acid ester, which is an esterified product formed between a polyglycerol and a fatty acid, the polyglycerol having a hydroxyl value of 850 mg KOH/g or less and a ratio of primary hydroxyl groups to all the hydroxyl groups of the polyglycerol of 50% or more, wherein the polyglycerol fatty acid ester has a hydroxyl value of 100 mg KOH/g or less. Since the inhibitor for crystal growth of fats and oils of the present invention can inhibit crystal growth of fats and oils by adding the inhibitor to fats and oils, storage property of the fats and oils in a refrigerator, cold climates, or the like, so that the inhibitor can be suitably used in liquid fats and oils such as salad oil for which transparency is important.

05-26-2011

Yuuji Sawanaga, Otawara-Shi JP

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20100166137

PET DEVICE - A gantry has a cylindrical shape and rotates around a subject on a top panel about the body axis. An X-ray irradiating part is arranged inside the gantry and emits an X-ray. An X-ray detector is arranged at a position facing the X-ray irradiating part and detects the X-ray transmitted through the subject. PET detectors are arranged in two separate regions facing the rotation center and detect γ-rays emitted from the positron-emitting nuclides. A moving mechanism moves the top panel and the gantry relatively to each other. An X-ray CT image generator generates an X-ray CT image of the subject based on the result of detection by the X-ray detector. A PET image generator generates a PET image of the subject based on the γ-rays detected by the PET detectors on the circumference in accordance with rotation of the gantry.

07-01-2010

Yuuji Shinohara, Tokushima JP

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20100112434

CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING STRUCTURE IN WHICH ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY IS CONNECTED WITH SEALING COVER VIA COMBINATION OF CURRENT COLLECTOR PLATE AND CURRENT COLLECTOR LEAD - To aim to provide a cylindrical secondary battery comprising a current collector assembly that is inserted between the electrode assembly and the sealing cover, and electrically connects the sealing cover with a core of one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, wherein the current collector assembly is composed of a combination of (i) a current collector plate having a plate shape that is provided on an upper part of the electrode assembly and (ii) a current collector lead that includes a cylindrical part having an axis in a direction along a main surface of the current collector plate, the cylindrical part includes a top part and a bottom part whose peripheral surfaces oppose each other, the top part is welded and joined to a sealing plate that is a bottom surface of the sealing cover, and the bottom part is welded and joined to the current collector plate, the current collector lead further includes at least one tab part having a rectangle shape that extends from an opening edge of the cylindrical part in a direction of the axis, and the tab part is at least partially electrically connected with the current collector plate at a region from a root portion to a tip portion thereof.

05-06-2010

Yuuji Suzuki, Nikko-City JP

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20100270063

ULTRATHIN COPPER FOIL WITH CARRIER AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USING SAME - An ultrathin copper foil with a carrier not causing blistering at a release layer interface, having a low carrier peeling force, friendly to the environment, and enabling easy peeling of a carrier foil and an ultrathin copper foil even under a high temperature environment and a printed circuit board enabling a stable production quality of a base of a printed circuit board for fine pattern applications using the ultrathin copper foil with the carrier, that is, a ultrathin copper foil with a carrier comprising a carrier foil, a diffusion prevention layer, a release layer, and an ultrathin copper foil, wherein the release layer is formed by a metal A for retaining a release property and a metal B for facilitating plating of the ultrathin copper foil, a content “a” of the metal A and a content “b” of the metal B forming the release layer satisfying an equation:

10-28-2010

Yuuji Suzuki, Tochigi JP

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20090324988

COPPER FOIL FOR HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT, METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT USING COPPER FOIL - A copper foil reducing transmission loss at a high frequency and excellent in bond strength with a resin substrate, including at least a granular layer and a columnar layer in its thickness direction, the columnar layer being formed on at least one surface of the granular layer forming the copper foil or the granular layer being formed on at least one surface of the columnar layer forming the copper foil, the relation of the thickness A of the granular layer and the thickness B of the columnar layer in the copper foil being preferably A/(A+B)=40 to 99%, a method of production and apparatus for production for the same, and a high frequency circuit using the same.

COPPER FOIL FOR HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT, METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT USING COPPER FOIL - A copper foil reducing transmission loss at a high frequency and excellent in bond strength with a resin substrate, including at least a granular layer and a columnar layer in its thickness direction, the columnar layer being formed on at least one surface of the granular layer forming the copper foil or the granular layer being formed on at least one surface of the columnar layer forming the copper foil, the relation of the thickness A of the granular layer and the thickness B of the columnar layer in the copper foil being preferably A/(A+B)=40 to 99%, a method of production and apparatus for production for the same, and a high frequency circuit using the same.

07-14-2011

Yuuji Takagi, Kamakura JP

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20090231424

System and method for monitoring semiconductor device manufacturing process - A hotspot searching apparatus manufactures a small number of chips or regions on a semiconductor wafer under respectively different manufacturing process conditions, compares SEM images of their external appearances to output a point having large differences as a narrow process window, that is, a process monitoring point that should be managed in mass production, the narrow process window having a narrow manufacturing process condition (exposure condition) in the manufacturing of the semiconductor wafer, and sets the point as a measurement point by a CD-SEM apparatus, such that it extracts and determines plural circuit pattern parts having a narrow manufacturing process margin as the process monitoring point in a short time and a process monitoring point monitoring performs shape inspection or shape length measurement in detail at high resolution.

Yuuji Takahashi, Yokkaichi-City JP

Yuuji Tooda, Chiba JP

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20090102088

METHOD FOR MOLDING WASTE PLASTIC AND METHOD FOR THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF PLASTIC - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can be directed to producing high-density pellets by molding waste plastic and to producing high-strength coke by mixing the pellets with coal and dry-distilling the mixture in a coke oven. As feedstock is used waste plastic that contains polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene, which are plastics that soften at a low temperature, at a total rate of about 50% or greater. The waste plastic is molded using a molding method of extruding it from a nozzle of a screw-type stuffing machine. In the method of this invention, the waste plastic can be heated to about 180˜260° C. in the molding machine and gas in the molding machine is sucked out. By this operation, the polyethylene, polypropylene and/or polystyrene are made molten and the amount of gas in the plastic is reduced. The plastic in this state is compression-molded by extrusion from a nozzle of about 15˜60 mm diameter. The plastic molding obtained can be cut into chunks and cooled with a water cooler within about 3 seconds after cutting.

04-23-2009

Yuuji Toyomura US

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20110102606

IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND NETWORK CAMERA SYSTEM - An image capturing device includes an image capturing element that performs photoelectric conversion of light from an object and outputs a pixel signal, a lens unit that forms images on the image capturing element based on light from the object, and an optical shift mechanism that displaces optical images formed on a light-receiving surface of the image capturing element relative to the image capturing element. The optical shift mechanism has an optical member provided with a parallel plate that is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the optical axis of the lens unit and rotated around the optical axis. The optical member is provided in a fluid having a higher refractive index than a refractive index of air.

05-05-2011

Yuuji Yamada, Tokyo JP

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20120219165

HEADPHONE APPARATUS AND SOUND REPRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A headphone apparatus includes sound reproduction units which respectively reproduce sound signals and are arranged so as to be separated from ear auricles of a headphone user, wherein each of the sound reproduction unit is configured by a speaker array including a plurality of speakers.

08-30-2012

20120224700

SOUND IMAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND SOUND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD - A sound-image control device includes a sound-image controller that processes a left sound signal and a right sound signal to localize a sound image at a predetermined position. The sound-image controller performs control for enhancing a sense of depth to a sound image originally included in an input sound signal.

09-06-2012

20130089209

AUDIO-SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO-SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An audio-signal processing device includes a decoding unit that decodes a compressed audio stream to obtain audio signals for a predetermined number of channels; a signal processing unit that generates 2-channel audio signals including left-channel audio signals and right-channel audio signals, on the basis of the predetermined-number-of-channels audio signals; and a coefficient setting unit that sets filter coefficients corresponding to the impulse responses for the digital filters, on the basis of format information of the compressed audio stream. The signal processing unit uses digital filters to convolve impulse responses for paths from sound-source positions of the channels to the left and right ears of a listener with the corresponding predetermined-number-of-channels audio signals and adds corresponding results of the convolutions for the channels to generate the left-channel audio signals and the right-channel audio signals.

04-11-2013

Yuuji Yamashita, Ibaraki-Shi JP

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20100055402

FILM, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a film which is knurling-processed without the facture of the film. Also disclosed is a method for producing the film. The film comprises a polymer resin film, in which a knurling processing is applied on both end parts in the width-wise direction on at least one surface of the film by irradiating the film with a laser beam.

03-04-2010

Yuuji Yamashita, Toyohashi-Shi JP

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20120223623

MOTOR AND MOTOR FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING - A motor has a motor body and a control unit, which is joined to the motor body. A resolver is connected to the control unit through a flat cable. The flat cable is arranged such that the width direction of the flat cable corresponds with a circumferential direction of the motor body. The flat cable extends outwardly in a radial direction of the motor case.

09-06-2012

20120223624

MOTOR AND MOTOR FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING - A motor body has feeder terminals. Connecting ends of the corresponding feeder terminals are exposed radially outward from a motor case. The motor body has an end frame having an attachment portion. In this configuration, a control unit is fixed to the attachment portion and connecting terminals of the control unit are arranged to be allowed to contact the corresponding connecting ends. By fastening the fastening screws at positions radially outward of the motor case, the connecting terminals of the control unit are connected to the connecting ends of the motor body.

09-06-2012

20140210284

MOTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC PLATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STATOR - A motor includes a rotation shaft, a stator, and a rotor. The stator includes an armature winding and a stator core including a main core portion with an axial stack of core sheets and a magnetic plate on an end thereof. Each core sheet includes a tooth formation portion around which the armature winding is wound. The magnetic plate includes a stacked portion and an axially extending portion. The stacked portion stacked on the axial end of the main core portion and includes an end located toward the rotor. The axially extending portion extends toward the outer side in the axial direction from the end of the stacked portion located toward the rotor and is opposed to the rotor in a radial direction of the motor. The axially extending portion is shaped to be magnetically skewed in a circumferential direction relative to the tooth formation portion and the stacked portion.

07-31-2014

20140210306

MOTOR - A motor includes a stator having a stator core, a first frame and a second frame, which are arranged on two axial sides of the stator core, a coupling member, which couples the first and second frames at a radially outer side of the stator while applying a holding load to the first and second frames in the axial direction, and a rotor, which is arranged at a radially inner side of the stator. The stator core includes a held portion that projects toward a radially outer side from a main circumferential portion of the stator core. The first and second frames hold, in between, at least the held portion of the stator core in the axial direction.

07-31-2014

20150084478

MOTOR - A stator core is sandwiched between a first frame and a second frame. A fastening member fastens the first frame and the second frame. The first frame includes a ring flange that is in contact with an attachment surface of the motor attachment portion. The flange includes a fixing portion fixed to the attachment surface and a fastening portion, which receives fastening force by the fastening member. The first frame includes a deform suppression portion for suppressing deformation of the fixing member when the fastening member is fastened.

03-26-2015

Patent applications by Yuuji Yamashita, Toyohashi-Shi JP

Yuuji Yoshimura, Tsukuba-Shi JP

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20100087692

HYDROGENATION METHOD AND PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS - The present invention provides a hydrogenation method capable of converting cracked kerosene into the raw materials for petrochemical cracking having a high thermal decomposition yield by a hydrogenation reaction. The present invention is a petrochemical process for producing at least any of ethylene, propylene, butane, benzene or toluene by carrying out a thermal decomposition reaction at least using naphtha for the main raw material, wherein cracked kerosene produced from a thermal cracking furnace is hydrogenated using a Pd or Pt catalyst in a two-stage method consisting of a first stage (I), in which a hydrogenation reaction is carried out within the range of 50 to 180° C., and a second stage (II), in which a hydrogenation reaction is carried out within the range of 230 to 350° C., followed by re-supplying all or a portion of these hydrogenated hydrocarbons to a thermal cracking furnace.